STUDI PERCOBAAN PEMBIAKAN ZOOPLANKTON JENIS CLADOCERA (Macrothrix sp) SECARA EKSITU
ABSTRACT: Zooplankton pays
important role in food chain system within fresh water ecosystem. In the
trophic level it acts as bridging energy from phytoplankton to fish juvenile.
Meanwhile research on this plankton is considerably lacking. This study is
aimed to test culturing cladocera in the laboratory. Cladocera and
phytoplankton were collected from Lutan Lake-Palangkaraya and the transported to
the laboratory. Three fish water tank were used to culture cladocera for 5-week
testing. The results indicate that there
was fluctuation in average number of individual during culturing period. However
the trendlines show increase in average number of individual, this increase was
relatively consistent with the increase in average number of phytoplankton. Two
week culturing period was identified as the most optimal period for culturing
cladocera.
Keywords: phytoplankton,
zooplankton, cladocera, Macrothrix sp, food chain and trophic level
Penulis: HAMDHANI
Kode Jurnal: jpperikanandd130005
